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Vermont Nonpoint Source Management Program 

Annual Reports

Vermont Clean Water Initiative Annual Reports

The Vermont Clean Water Initiative Annual Performance Report summarizes the State of Vermont’s clean water efforts and demonstrates how investments are making a difference in water quality of Vermont’s rivers, lakes, and wetlands. Collectively, state and federal funding programs and regulatory programs drive clean water efforts. The State of Vermont coordinates across agencies to track these efforts and monitor progress. The report includes a summary of the state’s progress implementing the Phosphorus Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for Vermont Segments of Lake Champlain, which identifies phosphorus pollution reductions necessary for Lake Champlain to meet water quality standards.

• Vermont Clean Water Initiative 2023 Performance Report (January 12, 2024)

  • Vermont Clean Water Initiative 2023 Performance Report Executive Summary (4 pages) 

• Vermont Clean Water Initiative 2022 Performance Report (January 13, 2023)

  • Vermont Clean Water Initiative 2022 Performance Report Executive Summary (4 pages) 

• Vermont Clean Water Initiative 2021 Performance Report (Updated January 20, 2022)

  • Vermont Clean Water Initiative 2021 Performance Report Executive Summary (3 pages) (Updated January 20, 2022)

• Vermont Clean Water Initiative 2020 Performance Report (January 15, 2021)

• Vermont Clean Water Initiative 2019 Performance Report (January 15, 2020)

• Vermont Clean Water Initiative 2018 Investment Report (January 15, 2019, Appendix A revised February 1, 2019)

• Vermont Clean Water Initiative 2017 Investment Report (January 15, 2018)

• ​​Vermont Clean Water Initiative 2016 Investment Report (December 30, 2016)

• Clean Water Initiative Program Annual Report 2015 (February 2016)

• Ecosystem Restoration Program Annual Report 2014 (February 2015)

• Ecosystem Restoration Program Annual Report 2013 (February 2014)

Legislative Reports

• 2024 Report on Federal Funding Related to Water Quality Improvement Efforts in Vermont (September 1, 2024)

• 2023 Report on Federal Funding Related to Water Quality Improvement Efforts in Vermont (September 1, 2023)

• 2022 Report on Federal Funding Related to Water Quality Improvement Efforts in Vermont (September 1, 2022)

• 2021 Report on Federal Funding Related to Water Quality Improvement Efforts in Vermont (September 17, 2021)

• 2020 Report on Federal Funding Related to Water Quality Improvement Efforts in Vermont (September 1, 2020)

• 2019 Report on Federal Funding Related to Water Quality Improvement Efforts in Vermont (August 30, 2019)

• 2018 Report on Federal Funding Related to Water Quality Improvement Efforts in Vermont (August 2018)

• List of Clean Water Improvement Projects Funded with Vermont Capital Funds in the First Four Months of Fiscal Year 2018 (November 2017)

• 2017 Federal Funding Related to Water Quality Improvement Efforts in Vermont, Interim Report (September 2017)

• Vermont Subsurface Agricultural Tile Drainage Report (January 2017)

• Act 97 Report - What is the Clean Water Initiative? (November 2014)

• Act 138 Report - Water Quality Remediation, Implementation and Funding Report (January 2013)

Vermont Nonpoint Source Management Program 

The Vermont nonpoint source (NPS) Management Program is a five-year plan that has been prepared by the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) in fulfillment of a federal requirement. The plan summarizes the causes and sources of NPS pollution in Vermont and identifies strategies to protect and restore waters of Vermont impacted by NPS pollution. The NPS Plan contains the key components the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, requires for states to remain eligible for continued Section 319 grant funding to combat eligible types or sources of nonpoint source pollution.  DEC considers the Nonpoint Source Management Program Plan to be consistent with the implementation plan associated with the phosphorus-based Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) prepared by EPA for the Vermont portion of Lake Champlain and its drainage basin. 

• Vermont Nonpoint Source Management Program Plan (FFY 2021-2025) 

• EPA approval of Vermont's Nonpoint Source Management Plan 2021-2025 

The current plan, which updates the 2015 version, describes Vermont’s approach to NPS mitigation including adaptive policy adoption and adjustment, developing Tactical Basin Plans, monitoring and assessing surface water, protecting against threats to groundwater resources, and tracking, reporting and accounting under various Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) pollution control plans on a cyclical basis.

• Vermont Nonpoint Source Management Program (August 2015-September 2020)

  • Appendix A. EPA Guidance (2012) - Elements of State Nonpoint Source Management Programs

  • Appendix B. Stressors that Affect Goals and Strategies for Vermont Surface Waters and Groundwaters

  • Appendix C. Vermont Dam Removals - Completed Projects and Active Projects

  • Appendix D. Nonpoint Source Impaired Waters (May 2015)

  • Appendix E. Nonpoint Source Threatened Waters (May 2015)

  • Appendix F. Examples of Noteworthy Section 319 Funded Grant Projects (1990 – 2011)

  • Appendix G. House Bill 35 (aka Vermont Clean Water Act of 2015) – Section by Section Summary

• EPA Region 1 approval letter

Vermont Nonpoint Source Management Program Annual Reports

• Vermont Nonpoint Source Management Program FFY 2017 Annual Report

• Vermont Nonpoint Source Management Program FFY 2018 Annual Report

• Vermont Nonpoint Source Management Program FFY 2019 Annual Report

• Vermont Nonpoint Source Management Program FFY 2020 Annual Report

• Vermont Nonpoint Source Management Program FFY 2021 Annual Report

• Vermont Nonpoint Source Management Program FFY 2022 Annual Report

• Vermont Nonpoint Source Management Program FFY 2023 Annual Report